Conclusion first, then experiment to prove conclusion?

I believe you may have your science backwards.

Ted Ryan

On Jan 6, 2011, at 6:50 AM, "Andy Stepniewski" <steppie at nwinfo.net> wrote:

>
>
> Scott Ray wrote Sun, 2 Jan 2011 17:28:35 -0800:
>
> No doubt this phenomenon [falling birds] is linked to man-made climate change. If the
> link isn't obvious at first, surely we can find one.
>
> Scott R
> Yakima, WA
> mryakima at gmail dot com
>
> I appreciate Scott's awareness of one of the momentous challenges facing humankind and invite him to the Yakima Valley Audubon Society's January program (January 27th, 7 pm) at the Yakima Area Arboretum. A noted polar scientist will be speaking on climate change which Scott obviously wholeheartedly embraces.
>
> Scott, we'll see you January 27th, as I'm sure you would not want to miss this program.
>
> Here's the program: Title: Global Climate Change from the Perspective of a Polar Scientist:
>
> Despite polls indicating that global climate change is not a major
> concern for most Americans, there is little doubt that it will become
> one of the defining issues of the 21st century. For those who live or
> work in polar regions the impact is already very obvious, and its
> ramifications for the rest of the world very serious. In this talk, I
> will describe why our research in both the Arctic and Antarctic is
> relevant to understanding climate change, and some of the startling
> changes we are seeing. I will also describe what we observe happening in
> the larger global context, and discuss why we should all be concerned
> about our collective use of fossil carbon. Interspersed with the
> technical details will be scenery slides from scientific expeditions to
> Greenland and Antarctica in the past year.
>
> About Miles McPhee:
>
> Since obtaining a PhD in the Geophysics from the University of
> Washington in 1974, I have participated in over two dozen Arctic and
> Antarctic field programs, several of which I led as chief scientist;
> written around 50 articles for scientific journals; and authored a book
> entitled "Air-Ice-Ocean Interaction." I have participated in several
> advisory panels for the National Science Foundation, and served a term
> on the National Academy Polar Research Board, during planning for the
> 2007-2008 International Polar Year. Although affiliated with the Polar
> Science Center at the University of Washington, I have run an
> independent research business since 1984; primarily because of our
> desire to raise a family in the Yakima Valley, where as far as I know, I
> am the sole polar oceanographer.
>
> Miles G. McPhee, Ph.D.
> McPhee Research Company
> 450 Clover Springs Road
> Naches WA 98937 USA
> (+1) 509 658 2575 (fax is same)
> email: mmcphee at hughes.net
> web: http://mcpheeresearch.com
>
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